Chapter 378 Simple, Repetitive Melody

Renée Angeli had just hung up the phone when Celine Dion came down from upstairs.

"Who's calling?"

"It's Jeff Nordesa." Renée Angeli replied with a smile.

"Is there a new job?"

"Yeah."

"Can't he wait two days before calling us, knowing that our vacation is about to end." Celine Dion couldn't help but complain.

In the past two years, they have been so busy that they have no time to rest.

This year they have returned to Quebec three times in total, but the previous two times were for work, and each time they stayed in Quebec for a short time.

Celine Dion has not had a good rest since she married Renée Angeli.

This time she finally got a few more days of rest, and of course she didn't want to be disturbed by others.

Hearing his wife's complaints, Renée Angeli said with a smile, "I'm afraid we have to end our vacation early, but the good news is that we don't have to go too far this time, and the other party is now in Dartmouth."

"Who are you talking about?" Celine Dion asked curiously.

"Y-chou, his agent called Jeff and said he wanted to talk to us about a song."

Hearing that it was Y-chou, Celine Dion also became interested. Y has released a total of three songs in North America, and none of them are unpopular.

The new song "We Are Young" released by Backstreet Boys recently is so popular that it has been on the charts for a long time.

The song "We Are Young" is also very popular in Canada. Celine Dion actually saw a street singer singing this song on the street two days ago.

It must be said that this song is really good to listen to. It makes people want to sing along after listening to it once, and it is also very suitable for the young group Backstreet Boys.

"Is it a new song written by Y-chou?" Celine Dion asked.

Rene Angeli shook his head, "I don't know either. Jeff told me that Y's agent will call me, and we will talk to him then."

"Yeah."

...

Jeff Nordesa's call made the couple's originally calm hearts a little uneasy. During lunch, the two would look in the direction of the phone from time to time.

Obviously, they were all waiting for a call.

Not long after the two had lunch, the phone finally rang.

Hearing the ringing of the phone, René Angeli smiled, but he did not get up in a hurry. Instead, he waited for a while, then stood up gracefully and answered the phone.

"Hello, how are you?"

"Hello, is this Mr. Angeli?"

"Yes, I am. May I ask who you are?"

"I am Y-chou's agent. You can call me Zhang."

"Oh, it's you. Jeff called me and told me..."

On the phone, Zhang Youan told Rene Angeli about the situation, and then he said, "I wonder if you have time to come to Dartmouth recently?"

Rene Angeli actually wanted to be reserved and not appear too anxious, but when the words came to his lips, he still didn't hold back, "No problem, anyway, we are in Quebec now, not far from Dartmouth."

"That's great, when are you coming? Y and I will wait for you here."

"Tomorrow afternoon?"

"No problem."

After hanging up the phone, Rene Angeli smiled at Celine Dion and said, "We have to go to Dartmouth tomorrow, just in time to see the sea . "

Celine Dion smiled, "The beach in Dartmouth is really worth seeing."

...

Here, Zhang Youan hung up the phone and said to Zhou Yan with a smile, "We are lucky. Celine Dion and her friends are in their hometown of Quebec right now. I have made an appointment with them and they will come over tomorrow afternoon."

Zhou Yan nodded, "Is there a place to record in Dartmouth?"

"Luckily, there is an open recording studio in Dartmouth. Although it is not big, it can meet our needs. It was recommended by assistant director Christie, and I asked her to help contact it. The recording studio has schedules these two days, and now we can directly book it for tomorrow and the day after tomorrow." Zhang Youan smiled and asked Zhou Yan, "Now everything is arranged here, what about your lyrics and music?"

Zhou Yan smiled, "I will write it now."

After the crew finished work in the morning, he returned to the hotel and talked to Zhang Youan about the song first, and then went back to sleep.

He slept until one o'clock in the afternoon and just woke up not long ago.

Of course, he hadn't had time to write the lyrics and music for "My Heart Will Go On", but it was simple and wouldn't take Zhou Yan much time.

Zhang Youan was no longer surprised. Not to mention Zhou Yan took out the lyrics and music for one song on the spot, he wouldn't be surprised even if he took out ten songs.

After spending a long time with Zhou Yan, he gradually understood one thing, that this kind of pop music was a piece of cake for Zhou Yan.

Compared with the extremely complex multi-movement symphonies written by Zhou Yan, these pop songs were too simple. What they lacked was just a moment of inspiration, and Zhou Yan had no shortage of inspiration.

Knowing that Zhou Yan was going to write lyrics and music, Zhang Youan didn't stay to disturb him and turned back to his room.

He originally planned to go to New York, but now that this happened, he naturally wouldn't leave. Anyway, things in New York were not urgent, so he decided to stay and finish the song first.

The recording of the song and the connection with Celine Dion were all easy to do. Now Zhang Youan is thinking about how to get James Cameron.

Although he hasn't heard the song written by Zhou Yan yet, Zhang Youan is definitely on Zhou Yan's side unconditionally. Since Zhou Yan thinks this song is suitable for being included in the movie, he must act towards this goal.

Of course, everything still has to wait until Zhou Yan comes out with the song. Maybe Zhou Yan’s song can directly defeat James Cameron without him having to take action.

…

At two o'clock in the afternoon the next day, Celine Dion and Reni Angeli arrived at Dartmouth.

After Zhang Youan saw them, he apologized, "Sorry, Y is still sleeping."

Reni Angeli was very smart and immediately understood that the crew should have filmed a night scene last night.

He smiled and said, "It's okay, we can wait for him for a while."

"Okay, you two go sit in my room for a while. He should wake up soon. If he is not awake at three o'clock, I will knock on his door."

"No, no need." Reni Angeli waved his hand, "We are not in a hurry."

Zhang Youan pursed his lips and smiled. Reni Angeli was not in a hurry, but they were.

The recording studio appointment was only for these two days, and the crew did not have much time to stay in Ghana. Of course, Zhang Youan hoped to finalize the matter as soon as possible.

There was no need for Zhang Youan to knock on the door, Zhou Yan woke up by himself at two o'clock.

It was too late for the crew to finish work this morning, and they didn't arrive at the hotel until half past nine.

After eating and taking a shower, it was almost eleven o'clock when Zhou Yan was lying on the bed. He slept until two o'clock, so he only slept for more than three hours.

After a brief wash, Zhou Yan felt a little hungry, so he took a few bites of the unfinished sandwich and bread mat in the morning.

After eating, he felt a little better, so Zhou Yan went to Zhang Youan's room.

Zhang Youan was chatting with Celine Dion and the others. When he heard the knock on the door, he was happy and said, "Y should be here."

He ran to open the door, and Celine Dion and Reni Angeli also stood up from the sofa and looked at the door with smiles.

"I was talking about knocking on your door." Zhang Youan looked at Zhou Yan at the door and smiled, "Reni and Celine have been here for a while."

Zhou Yan first glanced at the two people in the room.

Reni Angeli and Celine Dion are an old married couple. There is a twenty or thirty year age difference between them.

Celine Dion is less than thirty today, while Reni Angeli is already over fifty.

In fact, the combination of the two also caused some storms of public opinion, and many bad voices emerged.

The reason for this is not only because of the big age gap between the two, but also because of their relationship.

Reni Angeli has always been Celine Dion's agent, and when René Angeli signed Celine Dion, Celine Dion was only twelve years old and still ignorant. little girl.

To a certain extent, the relationship between the two of them can be regarded as teacher-student love.

Despite the good acting in movies here in North America, most people are very resistant to teacher-student romance. Not only is the public resistant, but the official attitude towards teacher-student romance is also very clear.

The key is that Celine Dion was too young when she met Reni Angeli. If she were not twelve years old at that time, but twenty, the public's attitude would definitely be very different.

Many people are not optimistic about the future of this couple, but for the time being, their relationship is still very stable.

Zhou Yan only glanced at it, then walked in with a smile, "I'm sorry, you two, for keeping you waiting for so long."

"No, we have just arrived. In fact, we haven't even finished a cup of coffee yet." Reni Angeli said politely.

The two were holding hands at the moment, and Reni Angeli couldn't help but look at Zhou Yanlai.

Zhou Yan is not particularly tall, but he looks very well-proportioned. The first impression he left on Reni Angeli was that of elegance and relaxation, and this kind of relaxed state is difficult to see in ordinary young people.

Usually those who can be in this state are basically people with rich social experience and relatively high social status.

Although Zhou Yan is very young and even looks younger than his actual age, like a college student, Reni Angeli will not treat him as a young man at all.

Just from the first contact, Zhou Yan gave him the feeling that he was the same age as him.

After a brief exchange of greetings, Zhou Yan did not waste time and said directly: "I suggest that we go directly to the recording studio now."

Of course Reni Angeli didn't want to waste time, so they all nodded in agreement.

After that, Zhang Youan borrowed a car and driver from the crew and took them to the recording studio.

When he arrived at the recording studio, Zhou Yancai showed the lyrics and music score of "My Heart Will Go On" to Celine Dion. "Look at the score first. If there is anything you don't understand, you can ask me."

"Okay." Celine Dion nodded, took the score and began to study it.

Next to him, Reni Angeli also stretched his head to take a look.

While the two of them were studying the score, Zhou Yan turned to Zhang Youan and asked, "Old Zhang, do you have all the instruments I want?"

"Yes, it will be delivered shortly."

Most of Zhou Yanyao's musical instruments are relatively conventional, but there is only one that may be rare, and that is the Irish whistle.

There are many types of flutes. If there are many flutes put together, people can't tell who is who.

For example, many people cannot tell the difference between the sounds of the Scottish bagpipe, the Irish whistle and the Irish elbow bagpipe.

Even some professionals can make mistakes, such as the movie "Brave Heart", which won the biggest Oscar this year but lost to "Sense and Sensibility" in the Best Original Score.

In the movie, the performer in the funeral scene was holding a Scottish Highland bagpipe, but the actual sound was the Irish elbow bagpipe.

This is a mistake, but ordinary audiences can't find it at all.

Zhou Yan wants the Irish whistle to make a prelude to "My Heart Will Go On".

However, if he can't find the Irish bagpipe, Zhou Yan doesn't mind using other similar flutes instead, even ordinary flutes.

Anyway, the difference is not something that laymen can hear, and it can be post-processed after recording. Zhou Yan will definitely do this, and he does it very well. After all, when he was working on "Mystery Country", he played these things.

Now that there is an Irish whistle, Zhou Yan doesn't have to bother anymore, which saves him a lot of time.

Here, René Angeli first looked at the song. At first glance, he felt that this song was too simple. There were many sections that used the same musical phrase, which was very repetitive. What was outrageous was that this phrase basically only used two notes, and there were only two ending notes that were slightly different.

Wouldn't it be boring to sing the same melody four times over?

To be honest, this score can only be felt to be simple by just looking at it with the eyes, and nothing can be seen at all. It still depends on how Celine Dion sings it.

Celine Dion naturally has no problem sight-reading such a simple melody.

After a simple look, Celine Dion ignored the lyrics and started to sing the score.

When she sang, René Angeli felt something different. It was a very simple melody, but it sounded very nice, and it also had a Celtic style.

The first time, Celine Dion simply sang the score without adding too much skills and emotions. When she sang it the second time, René Angeli's eyes lit up. This song was actually better than he imagined.

Listening to Celine Dion's voice, René Angeli suddenly realized something.

When Y wrote this song, he seemed to deliberately abandon the usual pause technique, and boldly weakened the rhythm and the relationship between strength and weakness, creating a sense of strangeness in the melody.

At the same time, he also cleverly used the two notes 1 and 7, using two semitones as the backbone to form a phrase, impacting the audience's ears, and giving people a sense of freshness. (End of this chapter)